Yan: Cryptocurrency Noise

Yan: Cryptocurrency Noise

Earlier this year, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) published a feature in Popular Mechanics on the noise pollution a cryptocurrency mine is inflicting on a small town in North Carolina. (The Open Notebook ran a behind-the-scenes piece on her story last month.) In her story, she...

Larson: Sound of Silence

Samantha Larson takes a trip to the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park to hear…nothing. In Crosscut, Samantha (@samantson) describes a quest to find the quietest spot in the country. Read what happens as she searches and how she reacts when she gets there....